Pacific medical journal

Bibliographic information

The Pacific medical journal appeared under the following titles:

• 1.1858 - 7.1864 The Pacific medical and surgical journal, edited by David Wooster (-3), V.J. Fourgeaud (and from 7.1864 co-edited by J.F. Morse).

• 8.1865/66 - 9.1866/67 Pacific medical and surgical journal and Press, edited by Henry Gibbons Sr.
  • as of April 1865 united with San Francisco Medical Press, edited by Henry Gibbons Sr.^[1]
  • in other words, the editor and proprietor of the San Francisco Medical Press took over as editor and proprietor of the joint Pacific medical and surgical journal and Press
  • one volume ranges from April till February (1 issue in 2 months)

• 10.1867/68 - 26.1883/84 Pacific medical and surgical journal N.S. 1=10.1867/68 - N.S. 8=17.1874/75; 18.1875/76 - 26.1883/84. co-proprietors Henry Gibbons Sr. & Henry Gibbons Jr. San Francisco, annually changing publisher

• In July 1884 the The San Francisco Western lancet was united with the Pacific medical and surgical journal to form Pacific medical and surgical journal and Western lancet.^[2]

• 27.1884 - 31.1888 Pacific medical and surgical journal and Western lancet - edited by William S. Whitwell & William Watt Kerr. San Francisco : W. S. Duncombe

• 32.1889 - 60.1917,11 Pacific medical journal

• as of December 1917 the Pacific medical journal merged into American journal of urology and sexology. 1.1904 - 16.1920^[3]
• as of January 1921 the American journal of urology and sexology merged into Medical life 28.1921
  • see announcement of incorporation on title page of 28.1921
  • this journal Medical Life was discontinued with 45.1938
  • all volumes 28.1921 - 45.1938 will be open access in Hathitrust in 2034
  • as of 2022 all volumes 28,.1921 up until 33.1926 are open access worldwide; in 2023 34.1927 will open, and from 2024 each year one more volume will get opened up until in 2034 all volumes until 45.1938 will be open

1.1858 - 7.1864 The Pacific medical and surgical journal

• 1.1858 Michigan = Google, California = Google
• 2.1859 Michigan = Google, California = Google
• 3.1860 Michigan = Google, California = Google
• 4.1861 Michigan = Google
• 5.1862 to be requested from UM
• 6.1863 Michigan = Google
• 7.1864 Michigan = Google

8.1865/66 - 9.1866/67 Pacific medical and surgical journal and Press

• 8.1865/66 (April-February) California = Google
• 9.1866/67 (April-February) California
  • UM v.9 no.1,3-4 1866

10.1867/68 - 26.1883/84 Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal (new series)

• 10.1867/68 - 17.1874/75 have new series, vol 1 - 8 on their front page, no indication of whole series count
• 17.1874/75 with erroneos whole series count 16 of single issues' title pages

• 10.1867/68 Michigan = Google
  • 10.1867/68 = ser. 2, vol 1, no. 1-2 (June-July 1867) California
  • 10.1867/68 = ser. 2, vol 1, no. 6 (Nov 1867) California = Google
  • 10.1867/68 = ser. 2, vol 1, no. 9 (Feb 1868) California = Google
  • 10.1867/68 = ser. 2, vol 1, no. 11 (Apr 1868) California = Google
• 11.1868/69 UM has v.11 no.13-23 1868-1869 (only no 24 missing)
  • 11.1868/69, no. 2-4 = ser. 2, vol 2, no. 14-16 (July-Sept 1868) California = Google
  • 11.1868/69, no. 6 = ser. 2, vol 2, no. 18 (Nov 1868) California = Google
  • 11.1868/69, no. 9 = ser. 2, vol 2, no. 21 (Feb 1869) California = Google
  • 11.1868/69, no. 11 = ser. 2, vol 2, no. 23 (Apr 1869) California
• 12.1869/70
  • 12.1869/70, no. 1 = ser. 2, vol 3, no. 25 (June 1869) California = Google
  • 12.1869/70, no. 6 = ser. 2, vol 3, no. 30 (Nov 1869) California = Google
  • 12.1869/70, no. 8-12 = ser. 2, vol 3, no. 32-36 (Jan-May 1870) California = Google
  • UM has v.12 no.26 (and also 32,34,36)
• 13.1870/71 = ser. 2, vol 4, no. 37-48 Michigan = Google, California = Google
• 14.1871/72 = ser. 2, vol 5, no. 49-60 Michigan = Google, California, Harvard = Google
• 15.1872/73 = ser. 2, vol 6 Michigan = Google, California = Google
• 16.1873/74 = ser. 2, vol 7 Harvard = Google
  • 16.1873/74, no. 1-6 California = Google
  • 16.1873/74, no. 7-12 California = Google
• 17.1874/75 = ser. 2, vol 8 California = Google, Harvard = Google (vol. count VIII on title page is correct; erroneous whole series vol count in issues = 16)
  • 17.1874/75, no 1 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 2 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 4 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 5 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 6 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 7 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 9 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 10 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 11 Michigan = Google
  • 17.1874/75, no 12 Michigan = Google
• 18.1875/76 Harvard
  • 18.1875/76, no. 1-9 UM
  • 18.1875/76, no. 1-8, 10-12 California = Google
• 19.1876/77 Harvard = Google (erroneous vol count XX on title page and XXII in annual register and issue title pages)
  • UM has v.19.1876/1877, no.1,4-12
• 20.1877/78 Harvard = Google (erroneous vol count XXI on title page)
  • 20.1877/78, no. 1-2, 3-7, 10-11 (June 1877-Apr 1878) California = Google
• 21.1878/79 Google (ex Harvard)
  • 21.1878/79, no. 1-2 (June-July 1878) California = Google
  • 21.1878/79, no. 5 (Oct 1878) California = Google
  • 21.1878/79, no. 7 (Dec 1878) California
• 22.1879/80
• 23.1880/81 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google
  • 23.1880/81, no. 1 (June 1880) California = Google
  • 23.1880/81, no. 3-5 (Aug-Oct 1880) California = Google
  • 23.1880/81, no. 7-11 (Dec 1880-Apr 1881) California = Google
• 24.1881/82 Michigan = Google, California = Google, Harvard = Google
• 25.1882/83 Michigan = Google, California = Google, Harvard = Google
• 26.1883/84 Harvard = Google
  • 26.1883/84, no. 7-12 (Jan-Jun 1884) California = Google

27.1884 - 31.1888 Pacific medical and surgical journal and Western lancet

• edited by William S. Whitwell & William Watt Kerr. San Francisco : W. S. Duncombe

• 27.1884 (July-Dec 1884) California = Google
  • from July 1884 united with the Western lancet
  • UM has v.27 no.2-6 1884
• 28.1885 Michigan = Google, California = Google
• 29.1886 Michigan = Google
  • 29.1886, no. 1-6 (Jan-Jun) California = Google
  • 29.1886, no. 7-12 (Jul-Dec) California = Google
• 30.1887 Michigan = Google, California = Google
• 31.1888 Michigan, California = Google

32.1889 - 60.1917 Pacific medical journal

• 32.1889 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google, California = Google
• 33.1890 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google, California = Google
• 34.1891 Harvard = Google, California = Google
• 35.1892 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google, California = Google, ZB Medizin Köln
• 36.1893 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google, California = Google, ZB Medizin Köln
• 37.1894 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google, California = Google, ZB Medizin Köln
• 38.1895 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google, California = Google, ZB Medizin Köln
• 39.1896 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google, California = Google
• 40.1897 Michigan = Google, Harvard = Google

• The Google Books volumes follow the American copyright rules and will hence only open worldwide step by step (1898 in 2024, 1899 in 2025 etc). For the time being use a VPN extension like HOXX in Firefox browser to access the Google volumes.
• Hathitrust volumes follow American copyright rules and are hence all freely accessible worldwide

• 41.1898 Michigan = Google*, Harvard = Google*, California = Google*
• 42.1899 Michigan = Google*, Harvard = Google*, California = Google*
• 43.1900 Michigan = Google*, Harvard = Google*
• 44.1901 Michigan = Google*, Harvard = Google*
• 45.1902 UM has v.45 no.1-3,5 and v.45 no.6-11 1902 (nos. 4 and 12 missing)
• 46.1903 Michigan = Google*, ZB Medizin Köln
• 47.1904 Michigan = Google*, California = Google*
• 48.1905 Michigan = Google*
  • 48.1905, no. 3-5 California = Google*
• 49.1906 Michigan = Google*, Chicago
• 50.1907 Michigan = Google*
• 51.1908 Michigan = Google*, Chicago
• 52.1909 Michigan = Google*
• 53.1910 Michigan = Google*
• 54.1911 Michigan = Google*, California = Google*
• 55.1912 Michigan, California = Google*
• 56.1913 Michigan = Google*
• 57.1914 Michigan = Google*, California = Google*
• 58.1915 Michigan, Chicago, California = Google*
• 59.1916 Michigan = Google*, Chicago, California = Google*
• 60.1917 Michigan, Harvard = Google*, Chicago, California = Google*
  • last issue is no. 11 (November)

• as of 1917,12 (December) the journal merged into American journal of urology and sexology. 1.1904 - 16.1920^[4]
• American journal of urology and sexology merged into Medical life 28.1921
  • see announcement of incorporation on title page of 28.1921
  • this journal Medical Life was discontinued with 45.1938
  • all volumes 28.1921 - 45.1938 will be open access in 2034
  • as of 2022 all volumes up to 33.1926 are open; in 2023 34.1927 will open, and so each year one more volume will get opened up

San Francisco Medical Press

• San Francisco Medical Press ^↗ZDB / , edited by Henry Gibbons Sr., San Francisco 1.1860 - 3.1862, (4=)5.1863/64 - (5=)6.1864/65
  • 1.1860 (no. 1-4) Internet Archive
  • 2.1861 (no. 5-8) Internet Archive
  • 3.1862 (no. 9-12) Internet Archive
  • pause of one quarter, no. 1 did not appear before April 1863; pause announced in Editor's table
  • 5.1863/64 (no. 13-16) (April-Jan) Michigan = Google (5+6); Internet Archive
  • 6.1864/65 (no. 17-20) (April-Jan) Michigan = Google (5+6); Internet Archive

Einzelnachweise

1. Announcement in Pacific medical and surgical journal and Press 8.1865, p. 32. Most probably this is to refer to the San Francisco Medical Press.
2. Announcement of the union of the two journals in JAMA. 1884;III(7):192
3. see footnote 1
4. This statement is based on the fact that the last issue of the Pacific Medical Journal was published in November 60.1917 California, yet the title page of the annual volume 13.1917 of American journal of urology and sexology carries the subheading with which have been incorporated the The American practitioner and the Pacific medical journal.